hi, did you change oil at the fist 2000km mark? if so how did the old oil look (if you've seen it)? i'm contemplating on doing it, although many said it's unnecessary.

Mine looked fine... I changed it at 2000 kms as well as 7500kms.. more for peace of mind. The first few may or may not do much but it can't hurt if your planning on holding onto it for sometime.

2009 328i with x-drive. They also offered a 5 series or X3. Sadly they do not have the X5 in their loaner fleet anymore.

First oil change was at 1800 km I think. Close to 2000 for sure.
I did not see the oil but I also got it changed at 6000 km, they (the dealer) wanted me to use the free yearly oil change before it was too late. I didn't drive too much the first year so I had two oil changes in 18 months. Seems fine but technically unnecessary.

If you ask me, you don't need it but if you want it, get it. There's no harm done.

So -- I picked my X5 up last Tuesday with it's new fuel pump. The gas gauge no longer went to full, only to 3/4 of a tank after the fix.

Today on a freeway on-ramp it died again. Guess the fuel pump was the symptom.

I'm starting to dislike this thing. This is very dangerous, quick and ugly deaths.

"I'm starting to dislike this thing. This is very dangerous, quick and ugly deaths."

Sorry to hear about this problem. I take mine in for the 3rd time to get the "oil too high/oil too low" warnings looked at next week. It's not good when the service techs start to know you by your first name!

gosh that sucks -- they need to fix that. Also check to see if the internal pump/siphon inside of the tank is bad -- I say this without knowing the the shape of our tank. My old e39's tank is shaped/contured around the center axle, so it is kind of divided in the middle. -- and required a siphon/pump to distribute the gas evenly in side of the tank.

Sorry to hear about this problem. I take mine in for the 3rd time to get the "oil too high/oil too low" warnings looked at next week. It's not good when the service techs start to know you by your first name![/QUOTE]


Had the same problem. After a couple of times at the dealer they somehow figured out that it was a software problem and the car had to be completely reprogrammed. Never had the warning since.

My E46 coupe had the same problem. Died while driving 3 times in 2 weeks once was after driving only 12 kms from the dealership after supposedly being fixed. BMW replaced the same part all three times , a fuel sensor attached to the fuel pump (the sensor was supposedly faulty and not the pump).
Sold it after the third time cause I got tired of all the BS.
Dunno if the problem was ever truly sorted out. But as I sold it to BMW I guess the problem became theirs as it shouldve been from day 1 as the car was just about a year old at the time.

My current thought is the fuel filter. I get this feeling that something is clogging up the filter and then killing the pump. I am not a great automobile mind by any means (only good at buying them), but the pump obviously is a symptom, not the core problem.

It looks like they didn't look at the fuel filter the first time. They just measured the PSI out of the pump, saw it was 0 and replaced it.